To Kill a Mockingbird Reading Comprehension Quiz Bundle

Hold students accountable for reading Harper Lee’s To Kill a Mockingbird with this bundle of comprehension-based quizzes . Answer keys are included. Materials are delivered in Word Document and PDF formats. By completing these assessments, students will demonstrate knowledge of the following aspects of the novel:

• Point of view
• Setting
• Jem’s injury
• The kids’ mother and father
• Calpurnia’s job
• Dill
• Boo Radley’s background
• The dare
• Walter Cunningham’s philosophy
• The effects of the Great Depression on Maycomb’s citizens
• Scout’s fight
• The teacher’s reaction to an alarming situation
• Perception of the Ewells
• Discoveries in the knothole
• Jem’s fear for Scout’s life
• The irony of the discovery of money
• Dill’s claim of a peculiar talents
• The rolling tire incident
• The game the kids play
• Dill and Scout’s relationship
• The evolving relationship between Scout and Miss Maudie
• Theories pertaining to the mystery of Boo Radley
• Miss Maudie’s impressions of Boo
• Delivering a note to Boo
• A contest between Jem and Dill
• The kids’ decision to sneak to the Radley residence
• Mr. Radley scaring the kids off
• How and why Jem lost his pants
• Dill’s excuse for Jem’s lost pants
• The lie Jem tells to Atticus
• What motivates Jem to leave home in the middle of the night
• Jem’s alarming discovery
• Items in the knothole
• Mr. Radley’s heartbreaking attempt to break Boo’s connection to the outside world
• Miss Maudie’s peculiar reaction to the house fire
• The blanket wrapped around Scout
• Scout’s reaction upon a disturbing discovery
• Beating up Cecil Jacobs
• Christmas gifts
• Scout’s punishment
• Atticus discussing the trial with Uncle Jack
• The Tim Johnson incident
• Why the kids dislike Mrs. Dubose
• Mrs. Dubose’s condition
• Jem’s misbehavior and subsequent punishment
• The true purpose behind Jem’s punishment
• “The bravest person I ever knew”
• A gift left for Jem
• Jem’s misunderstanding of Mrs. Dubose’s intent
• Jem’s moodiness
• Disappointing news to begin summer
• The reason for Atticus’s two-week absence
• The incident involving Eunice Ann Simpson
• Lula’s treatment of the children
• The general reaction of the parishioners toward the children
• Calpurnia’s separate identities
• Why Alexandra decides to stay with the family
• Alexandra’s philosophy on what makes “fine” people
• Aunt Alexandra’s feelings toward Calpurnia
• The discovery under Scout’s bed
• Breaking “the code of childhood”
• Dill’s epiphany regarding Boo Radley’s isolation
• Jem breaking up the meeting
• Atticus and Mr. Underwood outside of the jailhouse
• Jem’s concern for his father
• The lynch mob
• How the lynch mob came to disperse
• Dolphus Raymond as a social outcast
• The “sad” life of Dolphus Raymond’s children
• Who arranges for the children to have seats at the trial
• Judge Taylor’s peculiarity
• The prosecution’s first witness
• The significance of Mayella’s injured eye
• Bob Ewell’s testimony
• Dramatic irony
• The significance of Bob Ewell writing his name
• Mayella’s insubordination
• Tom Robinson’s injury
• Tom’s previous run-in with the law
• Why Tom had to serve 30 days
• Mayella’s plan to ensure her siblings were not present
• Scout’s epiphany regarding Mayella’s loneliness
• Link Deas’s support of Tom
• Bob Ewell’s comments according to Tom’s testimony
• Why Tom frequently helped Mayella
• Mr. Gilmer’s treatment of Tom
• The major revelation regarding Dolphus Raymond’s condition
• Atticus’s summation
• Atticus’s peculiar behavior that surprises the kids
• Interruption of the court proceedings
• Jem’s misunderstanding racial prejudice and the justice system
• The jury’s deliberation
• The verdict
• The African American community’s appreciation of Atticus
• Altercation between Bob and Atticus
• Alexandra’s strictness
• Jem’s opinion on Boo’s isolation
• The missionary circle
• Mrs. Merriweather’s critical comments
• Mrs. Merriweather’s hypocrisy
• Tom’s death
• The bitter editorial
• Bob Ewell’s antagonistic behaviors
• Miss Gates’s hypocrisy
• Jem’s reaction to the trial’s outcome
• Strange incidents in Maycomb
• Atticus’s opinion on Bob Ewell’s malicious behaviors
• Miss Tutti and Miss Frutti
• The pageant and how it was ruined
• Jem’s concerns on the way home
• The attack
• Heck Tate’s discovery at the crime scene
• Jem’s method of arriving home
• Who saved the kids from Bob’s assault
• Atticus’s misunderstanding of the story
• Heck Tate’s version of the story
• The fairness of hiding the truth
• Scout’s awareness of why hiding the truth is acceptable
• Scout’s sadness upon recalling items in the knothole
• Scout and Atticus’s activity as the novel ends
• Atticus’s last lesson he teaches Scout before the novel ends